William WALSH

(1828-1892)

WALSH, William, a
Representative from Maryland; born near Tullamore, County Kings,
Ireland, May 11, 1828; attended a local school; immigrated to the
United States in 1842 and settled in Virginia; was graduated from
Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Md.; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in Virginia in 1850 and commenced practice in
Cumberland, Md., in 1852; member of the State constitutional
convention in 1867; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and
Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); chairman,
Committee on Revision of the Laws (Forty-fifth Congress); declined
to be a candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practice of
law; died in Cumberland, Md., May 17, 1892; interment in St.
Patrick’s Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present